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Residential, Residential High Rise

Fire sprinklers prove effectiveness in high rise fire (Gainsville, FL)

April 11, 2012 viking210

A fire sprinkler contained the blaze that broke out in a high rise before firefighters arrived. “The importance of fire sprinklers in these buildings cannot be overstated, what was easily dealt with here today could have been a huge disaster without fire sprinklers and the rapid response from fire rescue,” Gainesville Fire Rescue District Chief Jeff Lane reported to The Gainesville Sun.

Florida Night (9pm-5am)

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Nursing home blaze controlled by sprinklers (Middletown, OH)

April 11, 2012 viking210

50 residents were evacuated from a nursing home as firefighters and the unit’s fire sprinkler controlled the blaze.

Early AM (5am-7am)Ohio

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Retirement home fire controlled by fire sprinkler system (Pasadena, CA)

April 10, 2012 viking210

A fire that began in the bedroom of a retirement home was slowed down by a fire sprinkler, which made it easier for firefighters to extinguish according to the Times Community News. There were no reports of injuries.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Firefighters assisted by sprinklers at asisted living facility fire (Braintree, MA)

April 9, 2012 viking210

A fire that broke out in an assisted living room facility was controlled by a fire sprinkler. Braintree Fire Department Chief Kevin Murphy said, “The sprinkler system worked and helped extinguish the fire.”

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinklers eliminate apartment fire (Beaumont, TX)

April 9, 2012 viking210

Firefighters who responded to a report of an apartment fire found that it had been extinguished by the apartment’s fire sprinkler system. No injuries were reported.

Night (9pm-5am)Texas

Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility, Residential

Sprinkler system controls fire at recycling center (Columbia, MO)

April 6, 2012 viking210

The fire was in a paper storage area and when firefighters got to the scene the automated sprinkler system had already been activated.

Firefighters said the sprinkler system kept the fire under control until they were able to completely extinguish it.

Missouri Morning (7am-12pm)

Residence Hall/Dormitory

Dorm room fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Waterville, ME)

April 5, 2012 viking210

Fire Chief David LaFountain said a working sprinkler system extinguished the fire in the first-floor dorm room and kept it from spreading to the rest of the building, known as East Quad. “What could have been a big issue is not,” LaFountain said at the scene. “We didn’t apply water to this; the sprinklers took care of it.”

Maine Morning (7am-12pm)

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant, Residential

Fire sprinklers help keep hotel fire contained to laundry room (Lebec, CA)

April 2, 2012 viking210

The cause of the fire was determined to be caused by a hotel dryer fire. There were no reported injuries to hotel occupants or firefighters. “The hotel’s sprinkler and alarm systems worked perfectly,” Captain Erik Vibe told The Mountain Enterprise.

Afternoon (12pm-6pm)California

Residence Hall/Dormitory, School / University

On-campus university apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Eunice, LA)

April 2, 2012 viking210

An on-campus apartment cooking fire ignited in the room. The apartment’s sprinkler system turned on and put out the fire before the Baton Rouge Fire Department arrived. There were no injuries.

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler puts out apartment fire (Lincoln, NE)

March 28, 2012 viking210

A fire in an apartment building was quickly doused by the unit’s fire sprinkler system with no injuries reported.

Evening (6pm-9pm)Nebraska

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